Dollar

August 18, 2006

LONDON (AP) -- The U.S. dollar was mixed against other major currencies in European trading Thursday. Gold prices fell. The euro traded at $1.2866, up from $1.2836 Wednesday. Later, in midday trading Thursday in New York, the euro fetched $1.2866. Other dollar rates in Europe, compared with late Wednesday, included 115.48 Japanese yen, down from 115.87; 1.2273 Swiss francs, down from 1.2299; and 1.1178 Canadian dollars, up from 1.1173. The British pound traded at $1.8926, down from $1.8948. In midday New York trading, the dollar bought 115.40 yen and 1.2267 Swiss francs, while the pound was worth $1.8938. Gold traded in London at $624.80, down from $628.00 on Wednesday. In Zurich, gold traded at $623.48, down from $629.60. Gold rose $4.10 in Hong Kong to close at $631.50. Silver traded in London at $12.13 per troy ounce, down from $12.31.